MEALS
4
KIDS
summer campaign
Food insecurity rises during the summer months due to the lack of in-school meals.
Help us provide for children and families who are in need of meals during school's off season by making a generous donation to our Meals 4 Kids Summer Food Campaign.
Our campaign aims to fill the summer meal gap by providing no-cost nutritious meals, groceries, and snacks for children over the summer and support affected families throughout our eight-county service area!
Help us reach our goal:
Every $1 = 10 meals!
Make a one-time donation or a monthly one for three months.
Your donation will go a long way this summer!
Some ways your donation will help:
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Boost our summer feeding sites that offer FREE hot meals to children all summer long.
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Provide nutritious child-friendly food, healthy snacks and fresh veggies and fruits that children can take home and/or share with their families.
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Provide additional assistance to partner agencies that experience a high demand for food this summer.
Give a Summer Meal TODAY!
Summer Hunger Stats:
Did you Know?
1 of 3 children in South Texas are food-insecure.
Hispanic children are the second largest food-insecure group in America.
Many children experience hunger in silence.
Children in our South Texas communities report that at one point or another they have gone to a relative or friend's house to get a supplemental meal for them and/or siblings.
Many single-parent homes in our South Texas communities run out of food at the end of the month and rely on relatives and food pantries to make it through the month. This problem is aggravated in the summer time.
Children who experience hunger are more likely to suffer social, behavioral problems, and self-esteem issues.
Children who experience hunger are at higher risk of developing chronic conditions as adults.
Malnutrition due to insufficient food intake is associated with lower grades, higher rates of absenteeism, repeating a grade, and an inability to focus.
Malnutrition is associated with stunting, wasting, overweight and underweight issues with children and young adults.
School is out, hunger is in!
Yes! I Want to Help Children in Need This Summer!
Our Kids Cafe doesn't just provide food, it provides high-quality "homemade style" meals designed to foster healthy bodies and minds. The program also offers a variety of essential social and economic benefits to kids, families, agencies, and the greater community at large! We invite media partners to explore how this federally funded program, and supported by generous donors, is stirring up goodness in South Texas!
OTHERS WAY TO GIVE
By Mail
You can send your charitable donation via mail to:
South Texas Food Bank - Summer Meals Campaign
P.O. BOX 2007
Laredo, TX 78044
Make checks/M.O.s payable to:
The South Texas Food Bank
Memo: Summer Meals Campaign
By Phone
If you would like to make a donation via phone, call:
(956) 726-3120 Ext. 103
Notice: A $5 flat fee applies when making a credit card donation or payment via phone. Cash and checks are accepted without this fee. Online donations are exempt from this fee.
Donate via Cash App
To ensure your gift is applied to Meals4Kids, please follow these steps:
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Open Cash App
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Tap Pay
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Enter: $SouthTexasFoodBank
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Enter your donation amount
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In the “For” or “Add a note” section, type:
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Complete your payment
Donate via Clover
If donating through Clover (in-person or online invoice):
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Select or request Meals4Kids Summer Campaign
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Enter your donation amount
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Under Notes / Memo, type:
👉 Meals4Kids Summer Campaign* -
Complete your payment
*If you are unsure how to designate your gift, please contact our Accounting Department at acct@southtexasfoodbank.org before finalizing payment.
Questions about our Meals 4 Kids Summer Food Campaign, please contact:
Angie Osterman
Director of Development
aosterman@southtexasfoodbank.org